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Lurch \Lurch\, n. [OF. lourche name of a game; as adj.,
deceived, embarrassed.]
1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of
the game of tables.
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2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his
adversary has been left in the lurch.
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Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch.
--Walpole.
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{To leave one in the lurch}.
(a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so
far behind that the game is won before he has scored
thirty-one.
(b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to
stand by, a person in a difficulty. --Denham.
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But though thou'rt of a different church,
I will not leave thee in the lurch. --Hudibras.
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Lurch \Lurch\, v. i. [L. lurcare, lurcari.]
To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up.
[Obs.]
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Too far off from great cities, which may hinder
business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions,
and maketh everything dear. --Bacon.
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Lurch \Lurch\, v. t.
1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [Obs.]
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Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant.
--South.
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2. To steal; to rob. [Obs.]
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And in the brunt of seventeen battles since
He lurched all swords of the garland. --Shak.
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Lurch \Lurch\, n. [Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking
backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking,
llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E.
lurch to lurk.]
A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather;
hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that
by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination
of the mind.
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Lurch \Lurch\ (l[^u]rch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Lurched}
(l[^u]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lurching}.]
To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken
man; to move forward while lurching.
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Lurch \Lurch\, v. i. [A variant of lurk.]
1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk.
--L'Estrange.
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2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks.
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I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch.
--Shak.
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